'A Raisin in the Sun & the American Dream\r'

'The American trance in the ’50s was close to materialism. The ownership of consumer goods was believed to bring delectation into a family’s life. This stereotypical view governs the inspiration of cardinal of the main char seters in Lorraine Hansberry’s play.The prenomen of the play is based on â€Å"Harlem” by Langston Hughes, a poem that raises a question about a imagine that is deferred. â€Å"Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? … Or does it explode?” (Rampersad, 1995, pg. 426) there are deuce-ace main characters and each three of them of have dreams that have been prolonged for too long. A Raisin in the Sun is about the rocky locomote they go through to acquire their dreams. The Younger’s family has just received a $10,000 dollar counteract for their late(prenominal) fetch’s life indemnity policy. They live in a two bedroom apartment on the black side of town in Chicago. Racial prejudices against bla cks in that era and a low in stick are the root of conflict in the family. mom, deceased Mr. Youngers widow wishes to buy a field and take on the dream she once saw with her maintain. Beneatha, mom’s daughter, hopes to find her identity through looking for towards true African heritage. Walter, Mama’s watchword, wishes to one day become rich. He wants to replenish his nuptials and provide his son with tout ensemble the opportunities he never had growing up.Walter wants to invest money in the strong drink business with a few of his friends. Although the idea appalls Mama at first, she trusts and supports her son with his decision. The night before fashioning the investment Walter tells his son about the business traffic he about to make while tucking him into bed. He tells the little boy that their lives will change short and paints an elaborate and vivid picture of the future. He tells his son that when he’s seventeen years of age(predicate) he†™ll come home and park the Chrysler in the driveway.The gardener will greet him and when he’s inside the house he’ll kiss his wife and come up to his sons room to see him browse through brochures of the best colleges in America. He and then tells his son that he will give him any(prenominal) he wants. Although Walter is somewhat materialistic in what he wants at the core he just wants a happy family and a son who should have all the chances he never had.During this time Mama buys a house to fulfill the dream she saw with her husband; the only one she can afford is in a dust coat suburban neighborhood. Mr. Lindner a human from the neighborhood comes to the Younger house trying to persuade them to not destroy the white community. He offers a lot of money in exchange for their acceptance.Meanwhile Walter looses all the money he has invested in the liquor enclose because I friend has run away with it. When he looses the majority of their financial resources the ent ire family falls into a deeper level of depression. At this time, Walter decides to take the money the white man has to offer. The thought of selling away their decently vexes Mama, Walter’s sister and his wife. They detest Walter for dealing with his dead fathers money so easily and feel that he has lost his soul when he days we wants to be bought out by the white Mr. Lindner.Ultimately, loosing everything they have unites them because at the last moment Walter changes his mind about pickings money from Mr. Lindner. Walter tells him that they have moved into the house because their father earned it for them. He continues by saying that they sire’t want to disturb the neighborhood quietness or protest for bigger causes, and that they’d be nice neighbors.He tells Mr. Lindner that he doesn’t want the money. At this moment the entire family’s spirits are lifted and they are proud of the decision Walter has made. This act of standing by your family to achieve the American dream of succeeding no matter who you are and where you come from unites them. They learn to support each other and station their families before their own. By owning a house, having a graduate(prenominal) morale, and the support of their family, each of them is on their way to fulfill their American dream.ReferencesFoulis, Rhona (2005, show, 14). A Raisin in the Sun. Retrieved March 8, 2008, from close Wars Web site: http://www.culturewars.org.uk/2005-01/raisin.htmPotter , G and Struss, Joe. (2002, April, 02). Iowa State University. Retrieved March 8, 2008, from ISU Play Concordances Web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~spires/concord.htmlRampersad, A (Ed.). (1995). The smooth Poems of Langston Hughes. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc..\r\n \r\n'